Linux Air Combat Files

Update 28Jul2025

We released new version 9.83 (Lac08p83) for beta testing here on 28Jul2025 as a source-code archive. This new version derives directly from beta-test version 9.82 and improves startup timing with a new 3-second delay between launching mumble and displaying LAC's startup menus. As always, you can learn additional details from our online ChangeLog page here:

https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm








Update 23Jun2025

We released new version 9.82 (Lac09p82) for beta testing here on 21Jun2025 as a source-code archive. Then, on 23Jun2025, we released the corresponding  AppImage version here, named "Lac09p82-x86_64.AppImage". This new version  9.82 will be of particular interest to users whose LINUX desktop manager has been upgraded from the venerable old "X11" to the more modern, more secure "Wayland" version, due to mumble-related complexities under Wayland.

As always, you can learn the details about every released version of LAC from our online ChangeLog page here:

https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm







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Update 11Dec2024:

We moved Version 9.77 into our "Production" download areas, leaving this "Beta Test" download area empty. As always, you can learn the details about every released version of LAC from our online ChangeLog page here:

https://askmisterwizard.com/2019/LinuxAirCombat/LinuxAirCombatChangeLog.htm





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IT IS COMMONPLACE TO FIND NO FILES HERE AT ALL. IN THAT CASE, EXPLORE THE OTHER DOWNLOAD AREAS FOR OUR PRODUCTION-QUALITY PACKAGES.

Any files published here can be used to install BETA-TEST versions of Linux Air Combat (LAC) on desktop LINUX systems. From time to time we publish various types of archive packages for beta testing as follows:

*.tar.gz  files contain source code that can be compiled on all popular desktop LINUX systems (including Raspberry Pi). You will also need to install several prerequisite popular, free, industry-standard software libraries. These are almost always available from your distro's repository according to well-established norms. Most LINXU distros will require you to install only the following two libraries (which will, in turn, automatically install others for you):

1 of 2: freeglut3 or libglut3
2 of 2: Sdl Mixer (for sdl 1.2)

*.AppImage files are precompiled, linked with all required libraries, and ready to execute on industry-standard "X86" computers running any popular desktop LINUX distro.

*.SteamDeck.AppImage files are like the general-purpose AppImage files described above, but they are optimized for use on the Valve "SteamDeck" portable gaming PC.